{"product_id":"23524-lerner-alan-jay-my-career-which-as-you-know-began-shortly-after-the-crimean-war-has-had-its-freckles-of-disaster-typed-letter-signed","title":"Lerner, Alan Jay. (1918–1986) \"My career, which as you know began shortly after the Crimean War, has had its freckles of disaster\" - Typed Letter Signed","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn amusing TLS from the great American librettist and lyricist.  To Benny Green in Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire, England.  Dated London, July 23, 1981.  1 p.  Letterhead paper with Lerner's address of 21 Bramerton Street, London.  The letter is quite funny; in full: \"Dear Benny, \/ Considering how formally you signed your letter, forgive my familiarity in addressing you by your first name. \/ You will be pleased to know that I have no mistaken identity stories to discard.  My great misfortune has been that all too often, the wrong people recognize me. \/ However, my career, which as you know began shortly after the Crimean War, has had its freckles of disaster.  I will try to pick out one or two grizzly ones and send them along before the prescribed date. \/ It as good to see you, albeit briefly, the other night in Chichester.  One of these nights we must have that dinner we've been talking about for the last several years.\"   10.5 x 7.25 inches (26.7 x 18.3 cm; both letters).  Horizontal folds; minor creases, else in fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBenny Green was a British writer who edited a posthumous collection of Lerner's lyrics in 1987.  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"In the last years of his life, Lerner was living happily in London - in Bramerton Street, off the King's Road - with his eighth wife and sole widow, Liz Robertson.  He was urbane, witty, charming, had good aphorisms and a faintly distracting eye that had no sight due to a boyhood boxing injury.\"  Mark Steyn (steynonline.com)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093848936607,"sku":"23524","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Lerner_2C_Alan_Jay_TLS_23524.jpg?v=1722190792","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/23524-lerner-alan-jay-my-career-which-as-you-know-began-shortly-after-the-crimean-war-has-had-its-freckles-of-disaster-typed-letter-signed","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}